Truck Driver Refused To Let Animals Drown During Hurricane So He Turned A Bus Into ‘Noah’s Ark’

This kind man refuses to see anyone left behind during natural disasters, especially animals.

That is the reason why the man from Greenback, Tennesee turned a bus into a mobile animal shelter to pick up all the “leftover” pets that animal shelters couldn’t place before they evacuated for hurricanes like Harvey and Florence.

According to The Washington Post.,
he recently traveled from his home in Tennessee to South Carolina to
save more than 60 animals during Hurricane Florence, 53 dogs and 11 cats
as of Sept. 16.

“Animals — especially shelter pets — they always have
to take the back seat of the bus. But I’ll give them their own bus. If I
have to I’ll pay for all the fuel, or even a boat, to get these dogs
out of there.”

As soon as he saw reports of animal shelters that were overcrowded
when hurricane Harvey hit Texas, Alsup started rescuing animals.

In that way, he could transport the animals to shelters that had
space or were vacant. Then, he continued rescue animals during
hurricanes Maria and Irma.

On his Facebook page, he asked to be pointed in the direction of
where pets needed help most in South Carolina during the most recent
hurricane.

“It’s all true. Tony swooped in at 4 a.m.Wednesday morning to
pick up our ‘leftovers’ — the dogs with blocky heads, the ones with
heartworm,” the Saint Frances Animal Center wrote on Facebook.
“The ones no one else will ever take. And he got them to safety. Not
the most conventional evacuation, but surely the one with the most
heart.”

And that is because when Tony says no one left behind, he really means it.

“It’s so easy for people to adopt the small pets and the cuties and the cuddly,” Alsup told Greenville News. “We
take on the ones that deserve a chance even though they are big and a
little ugly. But I love big dogs, and we find places for them.”